redundant
/rɪˈdʌndənt/ adjectiveDefinition
› HR having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you: redundant employees/staff/workers
be made redundant › HR to lose your job because your employer no longer needs you: She was made redundant from the company after eight years.
› not needed or more than is needed: Old copies of a textbook soon become redundant when a new edition comes out.redundant buildings/equipment/properties The levels of revenue generated by the auction sale of redundant properties was very encouraging.
(Definition of redundant adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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